Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Confeitaria de Belém

Customers from around the world flock here for the shop's tarts, made according to a special recipe that only three people know (that's what they claim, but of course, various versions of egg tarts are available across Portugal and other countries).

Perfectly crisp pastry with luscious, cinnamon-scented custard. Each tart is served fresh and warm, but there's never any fear that they'll turn cold. We took scarcely a few seconds to gobble up every heavenly piece.

Other sweet treats here have delicious-sounding names like 'folhado de chocolate,' 'mil fohas doce de ovo' & 'pastel de feijao.'

Even though we don't particularly have a sweet tooth, we couldn't resist these confections, so devilishly sugary and creamy.

The cafe stands beside a monastery, where many might be tempted to pray for forgiveness after committing the sin of gluttony.

my goodness! monster sugar overload la!! but like you said, with such sexay names like 'folhado de chocolate,' 'mil fohas doce de ovo' & 'pastel de feijao... how can blardy well resist ha?Also, their tarts look so much better! love the burnt center.. i just die a little each time, eating that part:P

michelle: oooh, but gluttony is probably not as bad a sin as wrath, pride and lust (depending on how u look at it, of coz)! :Dj: wheeee! we could even have been sitting at the same table, but several years apart! =) i was just recalling how there were so few asian visitors to lisbon compared to other european capitals :Dciki: heheh, for once, all the sugar and carbs were justified, since we needed extra energy to walk around for hours to explore the city! :D and ya, do let me know if/when you find a bakery in kl that makes eggs-cellent tarts! i want! =)